School Farm Competition – How it Works

Applications are now open for the School Farm Competition 2024 being organized by KOSMOS INNOVATION CENTER in collaboration with its Partners.

The 2024 School Farm Competition is open to private and private JHS and SHS level schools across all regions of Ghana.

Eligibility criteria

Specifically, the applicant

• Must be a junior high or senior high school;
• Must have access to land or any other planting medium;
• Must have a minimum land or planting medium size of 50m by 50m or more;
• Must have an accessible, reliable, safe and permanent source of water.

The Schools will be selected by our evaluators to participate in the 2024 competition. Schools will be selected based on the strength of the answers provided in the application form.

Selected schools will be required to:

• Demarcate an area of land
• Grow crop selected
• Keep a diary and photographs to record your progress
• Develop a business plan to sustain the farm throughout the competition

Our assessment team will visit selected schools periodically to provide support where needed and assess the performance of schools based on the following criteria:

• Evidence of Good Agricultural Practice throughout the competition
• Evidence of what has been learnt by the students
• Evidence of involvement by the students
• Evidence of engagement with the local community
• Evidence of biodiversity protection and an understanding of the reasons for doing so
• Evidence of a convincing and viable sustainability plan

Schools will be invited to an awards ceremony at the end of the year (usually the end of November) where the winners will be announced.

To enter, please fill and submit the application form online via https://bit.ly/2024SchoolFarmCompetition this page by the 29^th February 2024.

For further enquiries, call +233 0342295432